埋怨

Chinese

		to blame; bury	blame; complain
trad. (埋怨)		埋	怨
simp. #(埋怨)		埋	怨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mányuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴ jyun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mài-yen / mài-yan
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâi-oàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mányuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mányuàn
    • Wade–Giles: man²-yüan⁴
    • Yale: mán-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: manyuann
    • Palladius: маньюань (manʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/

Note: The Mandarin reading of 埋 in 埋怨 is mán, not the usual mái. This irregular pronunciation likely resulted from assimilation of the final by the -n final of the following syllable..

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁴ jyun³
    • Yale: màaih yun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴ jyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴ yun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹ jyːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mài-yen
    • Hakka Romanization System: maiˇ ien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai² yan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯¹¹ i̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mài-yan
    • Hakka Romanization System: maiˇ (r)ian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai² yan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯¹¹ (j)i̯an⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-oàn
    • Tâi-lô: bâi-uàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bai'oaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bai²⁴⁻²² uan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bai²⁴⁻²² uan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³⁻²² uan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴⁻¹¹ uan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³⁻³³ uan²¹/

Verb

埋怨

1. to blame; to grumble about; to complain

Usage notes

埋怨 (mányuàn) differs from its near-synonym 抱怨 (bàoyuàn) in that the former term can be directed at both oneself and others, while the latter term can only be directed at others.

Synonyms

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• 叨嘮／叨唠 (dāolao) (colloquial)
• 吐槽 (neologism, slang)
• 嗔怨 (chēnyuàn)
• 怨嘆／怨叹 (oàn-thàn) (Hokkien)
• 怨懟／怨怼 (oàn-tūi) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 抱怨 (bàoyuàn)
• 牢騷／牢骚 (láosāo)
• 發牢騷／发牢骚 (fā láosāo)

 

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